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VAPOR PANDA AI-Driven ARTEX Global Espionage Campaign

VAPOR PANDA is using the ARTEX agentic AI framework and DeepSeek LLM to conduct simultaneous global espionage against foreign ministries and critical infrastructure sectors.

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ills3c Intel&Coffee@Ills3C9 hours ago

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China-state aligned actor Storm-0940 utilized the ARTEX agentic AI framework to automate a large-scale supply chain compromise targeting ConnectWise applications and downstream cloud environments.

The n0n ransomware group utilizes AI coding agents and credential-based access to target global organizations, frequently destroying data and backups when encryption is not feasible.

SafePay ransomware actors target global critical infrastructure by exploiting edge device vulnerabilities and using legitimate administrative tools for data exfiltration and hybrid encryption.

The suspected PRC-nexus actor ARMORY CASTLE exploited a zero-day vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support appliances to deploy custom SAWFLY webshells and BARECLAW tunnelers for credential theft and lateral movement.

An unknown actor used a compromised ConnectWise Cloud Backup (SkyKick) application credential to sign in to customer Microsoft 365 tenants as the application itself, with Huntress reporting successful sign-ins in over 300 tenants.

Varonis Threat Labs identified TrustSink, a post-compromise technique where attackers with high privileges register rogue External Authentication Methods (EAM) in Microsoft Entra to capture plaintext passwords during legitimate MFA flows.

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